Unit 4 Flashcards
1
Q
VIA
A
- road, way
- Latin
- Viaduct, impervious, deviate, obviate
2
Q
Viaduct (W)
A
- a bridge that carries a road or railroad over a valley
- n
- VIA
3
Q
Impervious (W)
A
- Unable to be affected
- adj
- VIA
- syn:invulnerable
4
Q
Deviate (W)
A
- to depart especially from a path or plan
- v
- VIA
- syn: stray
- ant:continue
5
Q
Obviate (W)
A
- to make unnecessary; to avoid
- v
- VIA
- syn:prevent
6
Q
FER (R)
A
- to carry, to bring
- Latin
- defer,deference,confer,inference,proffer,proliferate
7
Q
Defer (W)
A
- to put aside until later; to yield respectfully
- v
- FER
- syn:postpone
- ant:hasten
8
Q
Deference (W)
A
- Act or practice of yielding another’s authority
- n
- FER
- syn:submission
- ant:rebellion
9
Q
Confer (W)
A
- to discuss something with someone else, consult; to bestow
- v
- FER
10
Q
Inference (W)
A
- a conclusion not directly provided by evidence but able to be drawn by the facts at hand
- n
- FER
11
Q
Proffer (W)
A
- to present or offer
- v
- FER
- ant:withhold
12
Q
Proliferate (W)
A
- to increase greatly in number; multiply
- v
- FER
- syn:reproduce
13
Q
PORT (R)
A
- to carry, to bring
- Latin
- comportment, purported
14
Q
Comportment (W)
A
- manner in which one acts or behaves
- v
- POR
- syn:demeanor
15
Q
Purported (W)
A
- claimed as true, but probably false
- adj
- POR
- syn:alleged
- ant:definte
